Practising the Grid Method for Short Multiplication (A) WORKSHEET

Suitable for Year groups: Year 7, Year 8
GCSE Tier: Foundation
Targeting grades: 1-3
Prerequisite knowledge: Times tables.
Learning Objective: use formal written methods for multiplication

Practising the Grid Method for Short Multiplication (A) WORKSHEET DESCRIPTION

This worksheet involves practising the grid method for short multiplication. All of the questions involve multiplying a 2-digit number by a single digit.

Section A provides 24 questions where the multiplication grid has been set up with the values in the appropriate boxes ready for the learner to complete and find the final answer.

Section B removes some of this scaffolding and the learner is expected to separate the 2-digit number into its tens and ones part.

Section C the sets some similar questions without providing the grids.

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